The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-04-07
DIRE. D. sTANDIFoRD,
OF LOU svrLI.E, FOR
United ssstes Senator.
land
kentucky's Development,
oT LOU svILLE, FOR
[Catlettsburg leader.


to supply those wants. The PEG
j. pie are beginning to realize the sac
: fact that they have, through theil
National Representatives., for tn,
last ten years, lost immeasurablt
opportunities for the advancement
! oftheir state, and for the develop
ment Of her hidden resources; thai
they are, in fact, to-day trampling
, underfoot their untold wealth
which lies buried deep down in the
earth.
/ DR.. Standiford's recent practical
| letter has awakened new train OF
| thought among the masses, and
shaken up the dry bones in the val
ley ofinaction from their long re-
pose of apathy and aroused them
Into new life and energy. The peo-
Eple are now ready to bring to the
Hight of day their valuable but hid
den treasures sealed up so long be-
meath the soil, and to place the I'M
touched coal, iron ore and magnifi-
cent lumber that is Astounding in
such vast quantities within the bor-
ders Of their state, under the direct
and controlling influence of the
powerful and utilizing hands ofcom-
meree and manufacture, and thus
render them spbservient 10 the
great design Of the Creator, by CON
verting them into things of light,
strength and beauty convert them
into gold To accomplish this re-
suit, the people are waiting only.
for guiding spirit to assume con
troll, to grasp the helm, to lead,
counsel and direct.
No one, as yet, Of our represent
alive men has ever bequeathed,
through legislation, or otherwise,
such boon to our state, as her I'M
punctured coal-telds, her unhroken
acres of mineral wealth and her I'M
marked forests, will shamefully tes-
tify; as the thousands of admirable
but vacant sites for manufactures,
mills and machine shops will bear
evidence, and as the conspicuous
absence of railroads, that should be
penetrating our valuable mountain
regions presents, the most indispu-
table testimony. Yes, our laboring
classes, with little or no work, cro-
ating discomfort and organizing
strikes, our active and intelligent
young men compelled to seek homes
and employment elsewhere; our
money spent in our neighboring
sister states ofthe North, East and
Northeast, for our farming imple-
ments and household utensils, bear
ample evidence of what has been
done by those whom we have cho-
sen, heretofore, to represent us and
our interests in State and National
councils.
Why is this? 1t behooves us to
look into the matter. Are they
practical men Have they made
success in their own private atiiairs2
Are their monied interests invested |
in the State? Are their sympathles
with us and for us? Are they off
the people, and do they understand
the wants of the people, and have
they labored for the peoples inter
ests? Or are they occupying their
positions merely by the sufferance
Of the people and bending their van
foreground to their own personal
and selfish ends for greedy gain or
to satisfy their ambitious desires of
being regarded as great political
party leaders?
Whatever be their object and aims,
the people of Kentucdy,are satisfied |
of one thing, and that is, the pros
perity of Kentucky has not been as
sured through them. And they
have been weighed in the balance |
of public opinion and are found
wanting. Rotation in office is le-
climate. A change in representa-.
ton IS demanded. Sentimental
craftsmanship and dallying with
worthless, obsolete, abstract politi-
cal questions must now yield to
practlcal statesmanshlp and the |
masterful handling of questions
that bear directly upon the physic-
al prosperity Of the state and her
people.
The man who can aid in accom-
plishing this desirable result must
be one who has made a success in
life, who understands by actual ex-
perience, the best methods to be
pursued in. attaining proposed I
ends; he must be one whose mon
led interests and sympathies are in
his native state, and who'is to the
manor born a true and loyal Dem
ocrat, and emphatically one of the
people, He must have other ideas
in his head than questions of tariff,
revenue, etc. He must be a practi-
cal man, man among men, honest,
faithful, energetic. He mustbe one
who could come at the call Of a
great railroad corporation in finan-
cial distress, then take charge of her
embarrassed interests and make her
a success. He must be one who
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